Forthcoming publication
The Bibliographical Society is pleased to announce its latest publication: The Dublin Book Trade 1801–1850. By Charles Benson. Members should expect to receive a copy in early May. Click here for further details.
Council’s choice for April
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by Margaret Ford, Past President. The April choice for 2021 is by Council member Simon Beattie who has written about the UK Reading Experience Database. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
Council’s choice for March
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by Margaret Ford, Past President. The March choice for 2021 is by Karen Limper-Herz, our Honorary Secretary and Vice-President. She has written about the digitisation of incunabula at the British Library. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
Council’s choice for February
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by Margaret Ford, Past President. The February choice for 2021 is by Vice-President, Richard Linenthal writing on the Takamiya Collection at Yale. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
Council’s choice for January
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by Margaret Ford, Past President. The January choice for 2021 is by Past President, Henry Woudhuysen. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
Nominations for the Society’s Gold Medal
The Bibliographical Society intends to make an award of its Gold Medal in 2021. Nominations of suitable recipients are invited. For further information, see http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/content/gold-medallists.
Virtual edition of The Library on Venetian printing
The next virtual edition of The Library offers 13 articles on Venetian printing, selected with an editorial introduction by guest editor Professor Cristina Dondi (Lincoln College, Oxford). The articles were published in The Library between 1890 and 2016. The articles will remain freely available for three months, but the editorial permanently. To [...]
Council’s Choice for December
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by Margaret Ford, Past President. The December choice is by our new President, James Raven. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
Euclid in print, 1482–1703
The Society is pleased to announce the publication of a new electronic publication: A catalogue of the editions of the Elements and other Euclidean works by Benjamin Wardhaugh, with the assistance of Philip Beeley and Yelda Nasifoglu. Link: Euclid in print, 1482–1703
Council’s choice for November
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by Margaret Ford, Past President. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice
The Book Trade in Kent 1750–1900
The Society is pleased to announce a new electronic publication: Richard Goulden, A Biographical Dictionary of those engaged in the Book Trade in Kent, 1750–1900. This is a searchable PDF version of the original publication of 2014 together with a file of additions and corrections. This dictionary covers each person's career [...]
Council’s choice for October
A monthly series of bibliography- or book-related links recommended by members of the Society’s Council. A new series initiated by our President, Margaret Ford. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/news/councils-choice